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WINDMILL PUMP.

APPLlCATlGN FILED APR. 22. 19I9.

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Indication of Lettera Patent.

Patented Oct. 7, 1919.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN Amiens Noun, a citizen of Poland, residing at East Chicago, county of Lake, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Windmill-Pumps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements 1n devices for raising water from wells by means of the wind, and has as its principal object the provision of means adapted be enga d upon the roof of arelativelg' high buil ing, and which are operated y the velocity of the wind currents in such manner as to actuate a double barreled pump whereby a continuous stream of water may be secured.

A further object is to so arrange the mechanism of the pump connection that it will automatically actuate the pump pistons alternately.

These and other like objects, which will become more fully apparentas the description progresses, are attained by the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompan ing drawings, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which- Figure 1 is a partial side elevation and partial vertical sectional view showing a combined windmill andpump made in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical view taken on line 3 3 o Fig. 2, and

Fig. `4 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the means by which the pump may be connected or disconnected at will.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates the peak of the roof of a conventional type of building, and which has secured upon it a bracket 11, having an annular flange 12, corresponding to an upper flange 14, formed with the upper portion of the structure, there being inte osed between the flanges a plurality of s 15, so that the flanges can easily rotate.

AExtendn up from the llange 14, is a hollow standard 17, formed with .a rectangular head 18,. on one side of which is attached4 a steering or wind vane 20, so that a propeller 21 may be properly positioned to receive the full force of the wind.

The propeller 21 is mounted upon a short horizontal sliaft 22, carried in the brackets 23, extending from the hollow head 18, the inner end of the shaft havi upon it a mter gear 24, meshing with a similar gear 25, havan extending hub 26, containin an annular groove 27, 1n which is receiv the curved yoke elements 28, of a lever 29 pivoted on a pin 30, on a projection 31 extending from the bracket 2 Attached to the lever 28 is a pull cord 32 by which the lever may be drawn down against the effect of the spring 33, one end of which abats against the` lower end of the hub 26 and the other within the hollow head 18, thereby providing means whereby the geililrs may be connected or disconnected at w1 The gear 25 is secured by a key 35 to a vertical shaft 36, housed in suitable bearings formed in `standards 17 and assing down through the roof, the lower end) of the shaft extending into a mechanism easing 38 in which it is guided, and terminates in a worm 40, meshing with a Worm gear 41, fixed upon a horizontal shaft 42, housed in the mechanism casing 38.

Also secured upon the shaft 42, near its ends, are a pair of bevel gears 44, and 44', thus when the wind is blowing and the gears 24 and 25 are in mesh, the bevel gears 44 and 44' are continual] rotated. A pair of beveled, internal, end ess racks 45 and 45 are engageable with the teeth of the pinions 44 and 44', these racks bein supported by vertical shafts 4'6 and 46 in tzhe casing 38 in such manner as to slide therein, and which will also rotate, due to the followin causes.

When the end of one of the rac rises to its full limit it makes contact withsone or the other of a these fingers having abeveled lower surface and extendin into the casn with which they are ri i ly engaged, so 5mt when the beveled rac end comes in contact with the bevel surface df the finger, the rack is caused to oscillate so as to engage the bevel ear pair of lingers 47 and 47',

upon the opposite side, the rack being eld ordinarily in engagement with the teeth of the rack, by pins 50 and 50 extending laterally outward from their ends and en able within parallel grooves 52 and 52 pns beirg arranged both at the top and ttom o the sliding rack, and the slots being connected arcuately at the top and bob tom, so that at no time do the pins pass out fronrthe slots, but are diverted so as to travel eireuitmwly, in an obvious manner.

The lower end of the easing is connected to a hraeket 55 by means of bolts 56, having; between them a pair of cylinders 58 and 5 in which operate piston valves 59 and 5?', these pistou valves being attached to the plston rods (i0 and 60', extending downward from the racks opposite to the rods 46 and 46.

llngaged in the brackets 55 is a pipe 61 connected with a wall, cistern, or other snpply of' water, the discharge taking place through the pipe (i2 adjacent to the valves 63 and 63 operatm Within the water space 6 4. In operation, t 1e gears 24 and 25 being 1n mesh, rotary motion is transmitted by the shaft 36 to the transverse shaft 42, causing one of tlnl bev'el gears 44 engaged with one side of the rack 45 to move the rack and plunger downward, while the opposite pinion 44', engaged upon the opposite side of the other rack, causes the same to move upward. thus actuating the vaive pistons 49 and 49 in opposite directions, the upper movement of the piston 59 opening,r the valve 65, while the downward movement of the piston closes the valve, forcing the Water upward through it, past the valve 63 and into the discharge ipe 62.

Similarly when t e rack has reached the extent of its limit, it 's switched over by partinlly rotating the rods -tarid 46 whereupon it is moved upward and the alternate pistou is eaused to descend.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a novel device for o )erating a pump in eonneetion with a windmill has been disclosed iu whieli the mechanical movements are aetnated automatically and in such manner as to irovide a constant stream of wat/er.

laving thus described my invention what T claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a windmill of the character described, the combination with a mechanism easing of a horizontal Shaft, a pair of bevel gears seein-ed near the ends of said shaft, a worm in the center o'f said shaft adapted to mesh with a worm on the windmill operatin r shaft, a pair of endless racks in mesh Witi the teeth of said bevel gears, a4 pair of fingers having a beveled surface seem-ed to and extending into said easingr and engaging with said racks at. the limit of their upward movement, and pins at the top and bottom of the sliding racks extending into parallel grooves, piston valves having their rods secured to said racks, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have aixed my signature.

JOHN ALFONS NOVAK. 

